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313 ? LIVE DEBATE. Senator Tillman and Col. Tows!! Hsve a Hot Time. CHAKGES ABE FALSE Says Towlll, and He Demands a Full la vestigatlou of Ills Acts by the Leg islative Committee. Senator Tillman Says ?he Brice Bill ls Unfair. According to tho reports io the dai ly papera tho mast exoltlng political meeting held in South Carolina for th? past twelve or fourteen years was held at Batesburg on last Saturday. The meeting was oalled to order by Dr. W. II. Tlmmorman, who iutro duccd as the first speaker Hon. 0. H. Efird, of Lexington. Mr. Ethel made a good spocoh in favor of tho dispen sary. Dr. Tlmmermau then prraouted Senator Tillman, who waa received with applauso. .'1 made up my mind beforo speak ing at Marlon that these speeches are useless," said the senator in opening his remarks, "but it will bo different next summer." lie said he was hero today on the invitation o? tho mayor and (50 or 70 other citizens to discuss tho liquor question. The invitation also stated mat McL%urlu had been invited. Ile noticed that the invita tion oontatuod one name which was underscored; lt was that of John Bell Towill, whom all present knew, It seemed to him then, said ho, that this was a challenge to come to his home and Kay what he had ?aid ohio where. "It appeared also that lu tho invita tion to address you to a man with whom 1 had had an unpleasantness there was au implied challenge that 1 would not bo here and would be ac oused of being afraid to meet him." "I never say anything that 1 would not bay to a man's teeth, lb ls a citi zen's right to ask anybody to speak. I have no reason to feel but that all have respect and good feoUug for me, but I object to being placed on the samo plano with a mau who has be trayed his trust as a Democrat, a man who In Washington is no longer re garded aa a Democrat. I grew a lit tle small and Indignant." He said ho had obeyed order? as a public servant ano had maintained tho trust im posed in him ar d resented the Implica tion by which he had been placed on a level with a mau who Dad betrayed his trust. He had Raid to h's teeth what ho thought about his (McLaur lu's) action. "This ls a Democratic question we aro to settle," hu said with some warmth, declaring that ho would uot debate tho dispensary with Republi cans. I am a Dt mcorat abd lt is a part of my business as national com mitteeman to keep tim paity in line in South Carolina. 1 resented the in vitation because MeLaurlu ls not my equal. He ls not my equal as a Demo crat, whatever else he may be. (Ap plause.) Hero the Senator took up the dispensary. Ho said but for the good women the men would have lost tho seed ojrn of genuine religion. Dcn't believe in voting out the dis pensar y, said he, that you will get rid of liquour. He then made a jocular reference aa to what Mr. Elird hud .said about being a straddler, declaring that he had never berni on thc fenco In poli tics. The only feuecs he had ever been on were these in crossing fields when be wat* a boy. He halo ho would rather fall oil ano break bis ne?k than to straddle any proposition. The. (li llee of United .Stales senator, said ho, returns to thc people when his tr rm expires and tney could Hun do as they saw Ut. "A man cn thc fence in 1892 Iud tho dogs after bim on Loth sides," he remarket. A majority of the people had never asked for prohibition, Poo pie and newspapers had lied about lt In 185)2 40,000 people han voled for prohibition and 48,000 voted against it or Old not volo at nil. Ho argued with Childs anet Nettles to accept the dispensary bill, which was passed, if any responsibility was needed for this he would take it. "Well, close it up," said a volco In the audience. "I don t know what part you had to do with lt, but 1 was down yonder In Charge," Ile said he was charged with making tho dispensary a politi cal machine, during his second term as governor but he needed no political machine, aa he was then going out of ellice. Ile had received a grouter ma jority for governor than any other man except Hampton. "boys, we'll sec'em next year; and we'll settle this question," snouted tho Senator. Ho knows whore biri dependence ls-upon the p'.aln, com mon people. "Political machlm 1 the Democratic primary ls tho only mn chine 1 need," said he. Ho said that only one* third of the Demooratlo vote had been polled In the live counties which had voted out the dispensary. Taking up the matter of politl?n:., he said anybody could sign a petition, even a free "nigger," but an y bod j couldn't vole. The question will be settled next summer when all white men will bc able to vote. Thoy have tried six times to kill tho dispensary and had failed. "Ono of thc best men in South Carolina wiro has o fie rod for olllc3, a good Confederate soldier, would have been elected six years ago but for the fact that he was on the prohibition ticket. That man was Col. James A. Hoyt." nu .->um uno opponents o? inc ???:; pensary had been preparing for this tight for 12 months while Its friends wero picking cotton and let lt go. "So help me God 1 will soe these fel lows on every stump In South Carolina next summer," lie cried. This Investigating committoc has been going about tho State routing up a few thieves and Lyon and 0 tensen made Into demigods. "Did they try to get the board of direc tors?" he asked. "Tney have failed to call them but may do so later. What have they tried to lind out about tho Richland Distilling Com pany, which has boen s< liing elcrbt year old liquor made only six months agb? They have been loi king for min nows, allowing the big tish to swim about and eaeapo. Tho legislature has left the conduct of thc dispensary In tin hands of turee men wiiodo aa tney pleivse." l\o oalled thc editors who have been orlticlslng dispensary two-by-four and three-for-a?quarter editors. Ho had said to the governor to romovo the State board becauso they have tram ?iled the law under foot and ignored uuuiv pointa In the law. They don't buy under tho comp?titive system any longer. It was not his business but the governor's. Tho board says In Its advertise ments that no bid (or X liquor fer less than 91 60 will be reoetvud. rpowlU "Senator Tillman, that Ss false; you know that ls not BO." Tillman-"You get tho advertise mont then and pove lt." Towlll-"God knows what you di whoo you wont to Olnolnnatll" Tlllmau-"1 didn't go to Olnoin natl, besides I.had only 126,000 to buy liquor for the whole Stato; I had to buy liquor on oredlt beeuso I didn't have the money to pay for lt." "What about tho request books, Mr. Towlllf"-the reply was lost lu the noise willoh followed. Senator Tillman thou said ho had met Mr. TDWJII on tho train shortly after his eleotiou on tho board and had congratulated him, telling hire that if he would get in tho middle ol tho road he would bo all right, ant Towlll said that was what hs intone! ed to do, huh that ho had played tin devil doing it. Mr. Towtl' arose and said somcth lng whloh was not hoard by tho our respondent, to whloh Tillman roplied "I haven't charged >ou with steal iug." "I am not hero for any mau, bu for a great lsauo which concerns ever, home lu South Carolina. Tba bar have b.:cn lot down one by oua un tl the cows have got In and ruined th wbolo business," said Tillman. lief erring to the famous labels, th Senator saki they contained tho name of tho board and next January if on of thc directors failed to ho rceleotc the lab?l* would be worthless. Mr. Towlll interrupted the spoakc and bald: "You reonll In thab sam conversation wo had on tho trahi you asked why we didn't cut out tho? cheap case goods, that they wer hurting thc dispensary?" Tillman-"Well, why didn't you cl lt?" Towlll-"You have marlo stat? ments about thoso labels and I war to explain myself. I staled what yo had said to thc board and asked thei to out out cheap case goodi and ri moro was bought after that. 'Ol Crow,' 'Old JOG,' 'Bully Boys' an such brands were discarded. Whc those labels were bought lt was est mated that they wculd laat about 1 months." Tillman--"Why did you buy 8f>0P OOO moro than thc law alio wed? Wi: didn't you shut 'em up (ire; nh the heard) because they coule1... t mal you do your duty." Continuing, Tillman said that if ? the people who drink vote for him L would never want for clllao. At this juncture Kev. 1). M. Pa< gett, the aged minister, wit.ii lui widte board and weak of voice, inte; rupt.cd the speaker, asking him to h upon the preachers, to which Tlllmn rt plied, "Then let up on me." A shai colloquy followed. The remainder of Tillman's spore wr.a along lu ei whloh have heretofo: been published. A*, tho conclusion of Senator Til man's speech Mr. Kllrd arose and in Tow conciliatory remarks declared th; he believed Mr. To will's aot loris hi been straight and entirely honest ar requested the audior.ee to remal seated and gtvo Mr. Towlll a bealle after which he urged them to go hen and prepare fer the light. Mit. TOWinn's URMAItKS. Stepping upon the platfoim, labo lng under much r /.-. fro nent, Mr. Toi ill doola red tba ': i ad ro person feeling against r Tillman; w sorry t;-at he h"?0 Si bis head ai would not do lt ag.vin. Wi bellovi Tillman had tho Interest of tho di pensary and South Carolina at he.\r IT is people know him Mid ho w?:s sa Isfled io abide their verdict. Tillman statements had brought odium upi him and the board, t?o wanted t* Investigating OJ m mit tee to bring tl heard before it rvd make a thorouj luvestiga'di n. When tho present boa wen? lr bo ; ni se there was $250,ooo o '!.<.? k uhaiid and tho dispensary ow? $500,000, The board hart not boug! liquor In ni- nths by reis n ot t enormous purchases of the old boar Mr. B.iykln and birr, elf had thou,.' serlou( f resigning but Mr. Tali bigged him in Cod's n,.mo not to :t,. Tillman-"It would have bern b< ter fer your reputation." It:, urning Mr. Towlll said ho h never asked a member of Ihr. legis lure to vote for him and bud notspe a dollar to ho elected. Members h asked him If be didn't Inte?.el to i Holt votes and he had told them i "With $260,000 old stock on hand had to make some nev/ purchases keep up with the trade," he said. Tillman - "If the old board unloi eel a hot poker on your hands mt thom explain lt." Mr. To-*dll sale! ho was ready a tho hoard was roady to go beforo I Investigating oominltteo but thoy I no? been asked. "1 hold dear my good name," s Mr. Towlll, "and I wendel rather esteemed by Batosburg people than liava any ollloe In the glib of the p plc. I have not been debauched nel er have i been brlbod. I am not < elollar richer and the people of Bat burg know il." Dr. Thorner man then announced I meeting adjourned, Kx- Senator McLaurln had been vited to speak also but he had elolln in his speech Senator Tillman bltt Iv assailed the newspapers, nam The News and Courier but Tho St in particular, for their attacks iq him, "That hell hound In Colum* who ls editor of The State, has t enough Hes on me to build a rallie uf orosstles to hell," deolareel Till? In one of his heated moments. T man pale! his respects to Korti:or S ator John L. McLaurln, saying tl nu i^viifiuorou iu ikii ? MI,H uu oo mv tee! to speak with him. The Senator stated that ho would a candidate next year for ti.e Uah States Sor.ate, and ho would thou e cuss tho dispensary question fr every stump In the Stato. Ile a stated that ho waa roany r.n?1 ea^or go before the dispensary Investigat com rn I ttl 0 as v. it ness. Ho had t two of that committee personally ( had written tho chairman of tho cc mitt.ee his willingness to appear bef thom lu tho capacity of a witness. At the close of Senator Tl tl uni speech tho Hon C. M. Kllrel arosoj paid a high tribute to the honen Oharaobor and Integrity of John I Towlll, anei by that means endeav ed en pour oil on tho troubled wat? John itali Towlll declared most < phatlcally that ho had never take rebate anei as to lils charactor ho wo leavo that to tho p :oplo who ki him. Ho was willing to undergo mont searohlng investigation. In a prlvato convcriatii n Til?n raid this was tho warmest mooting :.?d been in since 1892. Ho also ? . be believed John lied Tow J ll to be an honorable gentleman, and be did net in his remarks intend to cast any ie flection on his character. THIRTBBN TRAGEDIES ?OOtL?* to Oud ?udifena Fatuity lu A j l(1cw Yours' The death of Samuel Hora, who was accidentally killed last week while hauling logs near Rochester, Fulton county, Indiana, ls the thirteenth .traolo death In one family. Four members wore murdored, three com mitted sulolde; three dt?d In Insane asylums and throe died by accident. Thin series of tragedies, which has occurred within the memory of many persons who have lived near tho fami ly, bas awakened a feeling that a strange fatality attends in some way to tho placo aud tho house ls uow un ocoupiod because of the fear that it Inspires. Tho first of the family wcro Abra ham Crlpo and his wife, Industrious people, and grandparents of Samuel Hom, who ban Just mot death. Mrs. Crlpo becamedisoontented and wished to return to Germany. After repeat ed refusals by hor husband she be came deranged, sob Ure to the barn and died tn the building. Two weeks after Mrs. Crlpo's death Mr. Crlpo's sister fell dead willie raking leaves lu thc yard, lo an In vestigation that followed lt was shown , that Mrs. Gripe the day before ber suicide, bad struck her sister-in-law on the head with a whetstone, and lt was from tulu blow that she died. In a few months Lucan Gripe show ed signs of irsarby, and soon after - ward was found dead in ibo woods, whore he had boen struck by a falling limb. ISlias Gripe, a brother of Lucan upon receiving a large amount cf money for btu part of the estate, was found murdered In his barn one morn ing. Tho Identity of his a.?! allant v>2 -s not discovered. Within two years Georgo Crlpo wan killer! by a tree falling on him, and soon afterward Jay and Clarie, suns of ' ot Ellas, were, taken to an Insano asy lum, where both flit d in a short time The series of tragedies culminated lo 1 December last in a triple murder and suicide. Wilson Burns, who had married a daughter of Abraham Gripe killed his wlfo with a shot gun and then murdered Joseph Gripe an i Mar garet Branham, an aunt. Ho then turned the gnu on himself and killed himself. Samuel Horn wus the last of tho family, save two. A BIO SYNDICATE, President Jordan and Hecrotary < ii' -\< ti;.m Now in Now York. Harvio Jordan, and Richard Cheat ham, n6crer.ary of tho Southern Cotton Association, arrived In New York on Saturday and have since that tim: been in close consultation wir b the ca pitalista who are interested in tho 1, 000,000 bsdn purchasing syndloate pro? j ot. John Martin, agent of the Faim ers' Union, is also in New York, and ls Interested In tho same matter. Although the plan was not formally presented at tho Asheville meeting, Mr. Jordau has b:en in constant com munication with thoso Interested since that time. Ho would have been in New York before had lt not been that his many dutlos detained him in the South. Tho project seems to meet with tho heany approval of all thoie who are Interested In a higher price to tho ent r?n producers for bis ?tapio, and lt ls *iald that the Nov York capitalists who are interested in tao maUor have their money ready and aro willing to at once put up 81,000,000 if it is de sired to bind themselves to carry out their part- of the project. Mr. Jordan ls very confident that the farmer: will hold for ll cents any way, bub thinks that this purchase syndicate would insure an 11-cont minimum pi Ice, Tho plan, as Ins boen explained be fore, is an agreement between a syn dicate aud tho Southern Cotton Asso ciation and the Far mer J' Union, by which Ibo syndicate a?.;rf.os to buy 1, 000,000 bales of cition at minimum prleeof ll ce??s a peu.ul. Tho associa tion will obtain tho cotton from it, members, caoh mao soiling only a part of bis crop lo the syndloate, and hold ing thc rest for the minimum price. Toe project, which is a most ol*bo rate one in its details, and which would make tho syndicate tho biggest und most powerful spot cotton faetor In tho world, has been submited to some of toe leading financiers ann* ? ankers of New York and approved by thom. It ls expected that an im portant announcement will bc made In the matter In ?. few days. l 'on ?lu io ** Uar, John 10. Ryan, of Chicago, a 1'ae-ilk express messenger on passenger train No. 13, ui.d Edward Greene, also ol Chicago, a former express messenger, fought) with pistols in Ry.tn's car Thursday. Both vere seriously wounded and may dlo. Condictio^ r.torles aro told by tho Cimbatauts, 1 Greene says that he got on tho tx press oar, Intending to go to Bites Held, to visit relatives. Ho was an old friend to Ryan, Greene claims, permitted him to rido. Greene nays ho assisted Ryan with the express matter and that they began drinking. Jokes led to a quarrel ami Greene says he and Ryan drew pistols at the san o time. Ryan's story ls that hi; did not NCO Greene In the ear until the train roached (Jerro Gordo. Believing that Greene jumped In for tuc purpose of robbery, Ryan tired at him. Acoord lpg to Ryan thev clinched and both of thom with revolvers drawn, rolled about on the car Hoor. Filially sepa rating each sought shelter in the ear and waited for the other to expos hloisoif. Just os tho train was near Decatur, Ryan rays, ho and Greene Oreel and both wont down, hut wore on t heir feet In a short time and thc duel continued until the train reached tho outskirts of Decatur, lil., when Greene opened a door and Jumped from tho cir. Greene was unable to run and was found an hour later by the polios. A Gooriwa Murder. Mr. David ll. Murray, a well known oltl?on of Wari county, Ga , was as sassinated about 7 o'ohek Wednesday evening at his home at Millwood, In this county. Murray was shot In tho back of tho head with a double bar relled shotgun which nearly tore the head from the body. Tho assassin tired at Murray while he was sea'.od at his table eatlr.g nipper, through a bolo In the door, and made his escape. Murray was about .'18 years old and lewes a wife and mm childi Ile was under bond In commotion with the mordor of a young roan named Huraco Roberts, itt this own ty, some two years ago. A true lilli was found against Murray oharglng him with an accessory to tho murder of young Roberts. TO PROTECT THE BIRDS. Hunorintomlant of Htluoatlon Mar. tin lOtiftftgcd In a Good Oauao. Superintendent of Elucatian Mar tin, as nc 01 o my of tho South Caro llnfi branch of tiie Auduoo? society, yesterday Bent out about'4,000 leaf lets to tho merobors of the education al department of that soolety. Those leaflets are printed hy the National Audubon Booicty at Its headquarters, but many of them are written aud edited by Southern writers. Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, who was one of the instructors at the State summer sohool, atid who is seoretary of th* National Audubon society, wrote quite a number of thom. Prof. Pearson lias been a student of South ern birds for a great many years, and the information prepared by him, as well as by other writers, till certain bo of interest to th? teachers and otudents. EACII leaflet oonUlnB a ploturo of somo well known bird, and also a desorlptlon of it, giving ita bab ils, its food and its value to the farms and gardens. In tho list sont out yesterday wore leaflots on tho robin, tho blue lird, tho meadow lark, tho dicker or yel luw hammer, the sparrow hawk, the owl and m an g of tho most common and most useful birds. These leaflets were sent to tho teachers who joined ti e society during the stato Bummer school at Clemson college. Other leaflets will bo prepared and Bout to thom from 1.1 mo to time. Tho plan ls, for tho teachers to get tho chil dren Interested lu tho preservation and Btudy of birds. The teachers pay a r-uuUl membership fee, which oovers tho pos'?KO on the bulletin?, and these bulletins are put In the school library and furnished to the children, and thus tho wholo schcol mcy get information contained in each one. Miss Minnie Maofeat, of Wlnthiop C diego, ls c ialrman of the committee on membership. This membership ls not confined to teach ers. Any ono else who joins the so ciety will receive tho bulletins as they are sent cut from timo to timo. A now bulletin is prepared every month. lt IH thought that a careful Btudy of tlie birds of thc state will lead to a botter pr'-serv^tlon and protection of thom. The legislature, at its Ift&t session, passed an act. which is gener ally known as the. liudubou oct, for the protection of birds. This samo law has been enacted In thirty-two ot her states. Thoot joct (f thc Au dubon society ii to promote this pro tccticr, and preservation by intelli Hint study. They think that this study in t hc schools will lead to more goneial study and observation In the holmes, on the farma and elsewhere. A p rm-u-ent organization of the Au duhi n society was effected at Clemson and the educational department ls only a branch of lt. AH ERA OF CHIME. Tim*;*) and Highwaymen tinny in AU Farta or tho Stato. The Spartanburg Journal says South Carolina seems to bo infested with a gang of bold and daring foot pads and highwatf.r^* ^i'*'' - ~~cenfc operations In Sp?rtanou'?'' d''"?i?ra bia compare with tho c..H ,s cut by thc notorious outlaws tha? infested tho West, Just after thai Bottlers orossed ibo Mississippi rlyer. The work of tho tin gs at thc Soar teuburg Junction last Friday night when they attacked Engineer Will Carlee and his fireman, Vamio Hart, both of whom w^re knocked in tho ho:id, for boldnois and daring is un paralleled lu history of Spartanbmg. On the same night another caper of wild and wooly wist proceedings was Indulged In, accoidlng to reports, when a man armed with a braco of pistols boarded a through freight fro n ??partanburg to Asheville and at the point of the. pistols forced Engi neer H' hiB to run his train at a rook ies rate of speed to Melrose, N.e., endangering liveso' the crew and crew of other trains. On Saturday night high way men in Columbia, on one of the principal resi dent streets held up Judge Earnest G .?ry at, tho point of a piston and rob bcd h'm ot a SHOO gold watch and $28 in cash, lt was a nervy piece of work on the part of tho night vultu-o. Io other patts o?' the state bolo aud dar ing work har. boen practl^od by thugs. [lore in Spartan burg several month ano, lt will be remembered, that a business mun was km eked clown and rot bcd while On his way home from his pl voe of business. On another cc easton burglars entered a green gro cery establishment, rolled the Iron sit iii out of the Dank door and after .smithing lt to Hinders with a cold Chisel and sledge hammer made nfl with the cash. Tho oltles of South Carolina arc teeming with vagrants and In many of the towns a vigorous effort ls be ing made t;> chase the Idlers and loafer ont of town or put them on the reek pile. FAMILY KILLJ?D. rho Mother arid Daughter Assaulted ft. fore Boin? Hntoliorod. Mrs. A. J. Conditt and four child ren, a daughter of Kl ind throe boys aged from ti to 10 years, wore murder ed lu cold blood at their homo near lidos, Tex., Thursday, The mother and daughter were assaulted and their bodies brutally dlflflj urcd. A baby about two years old was tho only ono lotL alive Ali of them seemed to have been killed with f.ome blunt Instrument, their heads were crushed and their throats cut with a knife or razor, Thc girl and mother wore killed lu tho house, the boys wero killed about mo yards away. Mr. Conditt was away working In tho rice Heids. A nogro boy about 12 years old was plowing In a Hold near tho house at the time of the killing and heard the children screaming; he saw a man running after a woman, who was running around Mic house, fleing afraid to go to tho hOU9?J he ran to a neighbor'.s and told what lie had Been. The person informed ran to the place and found the ll vu mombers of the family killed. ONI.:ors were informed at once and tho entire county ls out tn posses in search of tho murderer, it is supposed thero were two of thom. Dogs have been sent for. Pound Dead. The dead body of Mrs. Nelllo Wost ! ,ong was found Thursday in a room at tho burlington Hotol In St. Lout?. Hbo had committed suicide with mor phine. "Hort" Grimm, her liancec, who was with her, ls under arrest charged with having entered Into a BUloido compact with the woman, fail ing to keep his agroemont. RUB AL MAIL DELIVERY. Wonderful Growth ol tho System 'a ' a Few Yours. Some figures recently given out as i to tho cost of rural mail delivery bring out in striking fashion tho growth of this Important branch of our postal service "The net loss of tho system up to Juno 30 of this year ls estimated at nine millions of dollars," says one exchange. "This seems rather a high price to pay, but tho Congressmen from tho rural districts eau bo de pended upon to light any proposition to disoontlnuo freo delivory." And well may "tho Congressmen from tho rural districts" tight any proposition to discontinue tho service. lb ls the gre&tost boon our fannes have over had from tho National Government-and th6 rural half of our population certainly deservess. ma consideration. But lt ls not real ly in tho interest of farmers alone. By the promotion of intelligence aud quicker communication between all sections, evory class of people is beno it ted. We have no doubt in the world but th it thc real prestige and power of America is far moro strength? ned and better safeguarded by the *9,OOO,OOO spent for rural mail delivery than it would bi by tw'.o J that sum spent for battleships and fornications. Tho interests of tho entire country dd? maud the extension of tho rural mall service, and it should bo extended, even if lt docs involve tho painful and unusual preposition that tho farmer himself is to get hack some of the heavy tariff and revenue taxes ho is called upon to pay. To the above, from thc Progressive Farmer and Uotton Plant, we say most, heartily amen. It would be bet ter for the country aol thc whole world if some of the millions now tapent on the navy and army was spent on building up good roads and re claiming tho wasto lands. Every dol lar spent on the rural mall delivery ls( money well invested. Instead of cur tailing the system lt should be ex tradai until every farm In the United Statis Is reached. Roduca the ex penses of tho army aud i,avv, but let the rural mail delivery alone. A Y ISAR 03? BIG ?R0P3. liOt U? Ho Than kl ul to God ror His Bounty. But not only ls thin a season when the heart is made glad by th? beauti ful lu Nature, but again too, wc share the Joy of the Psalmist as he looked out on some Soptember scene in old Palestine centuries and centuries ago: "The pastures are clothed with Hooks, and tho valleys are covered with c ?rn. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness." For Indeed this ls a year of plenty. All the great staple crops have yield ed h intcously, except cotton-and the prioe for that ls tco good for there to bc much discontent as to the short age. Our American corn crop this year, lt is ta.ld, will be 2 717,000,000 bushels. The wheat crop 1? estimated at 704, 000,000 bushels; oats 930,000,000 bush els; rye 30,000,000 bushels; p?tateos 283.000,000 bush dv; barley 135,000, 000 bushels. "Of these orops," says the Charlotte Chronicle, in comment ing on the estimates, "lt ls said that lt is tho largest production of corn evor known." And lt continues: "The highest previous corn yield wan 2,523 000,000 bushels. Only in 1901, when it was 718,000,000 bushe-s. did the. wheat cn p go above the 1906 y leid. Oats never beat this year's tig urea except In li)o2, when the output was 088,000,000 bushels. In 10J1 and 1002 rye went a little above the year's level. In 1004 barley beat the 1005 output by about 4,000,000 bushiK Potatoes have BI v.?ral times sored higher totals than they did this year, but averages of the cereal crops for 1005 are much above that of au pio vieus year. And whll : o .tion may bc short, the pr o .a tiro farmers got will average as good as that of tho previous year. Taking all things into consider ation, it is rea-mable to say that the present year ls a year of plenty, and let it go at that." Brok? Hp Min Kum ml. At Patterson, N. .1 , all arrange ments had been made for thc funeral of Frank Hennessey, a son of Mm. Mary Lyons, cf 08 Marshall street, this city. Insurance papers had been signed, mourners had gathered, and everything was in readiness for the rites, when Hennessey turned up, ac companied by his two brothers, thoroughly alive. Ile pleaded Ignor ance of a telegram which his mother had received from Saratoga last Wed nesday and whie i read: "Your son Frank has died here Wednesday. Send for the body." Ho said he did not know who sent thc telegram. On re ceipt of the tclegiam the two brothers of the supposed dead man went to Siratoga to got the body. They found Hennessey sifting on thc veranda of a hotel. He had been there since the racing season. Undertaker Nichols had been on gaged to receive the body at the railroad station and the house was in mourning. When the young man appeared In the llosh the trap pings of won were removed and the relatives and friends united In celebra ting his return. iiAicnn Proaontod. A special from Darlington to the State says: The Darlington grand jury mado tho foll >wlng presentment: "We, the grand jury, present Pcgram Dargan for abiding and abetting Rob ert Keith Dargan In taking his own life, by procuring and giving to his brother, lt )hnrt Keith Dargan, carbol ic neal and othen drugs, with whloh he tock his lifo on tho ll th day of July, I9C6, in Darlington, S. C. We offer as witnesses, J. N. Clanton, O. B. Kiwanis, J, H. Floyd and J. K. Doyle." lt. K Dargan was president of the Independent Cotton O 1 Comp any, and of the Darlington Trust Co., institutions whloh have recently fail ed. Dargan committed suloh'.o In July by taking poison. Bttloltled. Frederick C. Pope, for nearly a score of years a lotter carrier In Utloa, N. Y.. who was arrested last, week, charg ed with robbing malls, committed sui cide on a?treot corner Thursday morn ing hy taking carbolic add. Ills body was found dlreotly under a pollca box whore a patrolman could not fall to find him. Ito left a lettor addressed to thc coroner stating that whlskoy had been tho cause of lils downfall. 1 Tn HUH is but one editor in the Ohio I penitentiary, and ho was sent up un der mitigating circumstances. Ile shot j delinquent subscriber, KI88INO MOTHJBB, ll Short i< ct uro to Girls From I/Rillen Homo Journal. . A father, talking to bia careless daughter, said: "I want to speak to ] you about your motber, It n_ay be that you have noticed a careworn look upo*i her face lately. O' oourse it has not been brought there by any aot of yours, still it ls your duty to chase it away. I want you to got up to-morrow morning and g<t breakfast; and when your mother comes in and begins to express her surprise, go right up to her and kiss her on the mouth, and you oan.t imiglno how lt will brighten her dear face. "Besides, you owe her a kiss or two. Away back, when you were a little girl, she klsBcd ycu when no one else was tempted by your feyei tainted breath and swollen face. You were not as attractive thou as you are now. And though thoso years of childish sunshine and shadows she was always ready to cure by the mag lo touch of a mother's kiss, the little dirty, ohubby hands whenever they were Injured in thotio skirmishes with tho rough old world. And then the raid-night kisses with which she routed so many bad dreams as she leaned above your pillow, havo all beon on Interest these long long years, ' Or course, she 1? nob so pretty and klssable as you are; but If you had done your share ol tho work dur ing the past ten years, tho contrast would not bo so marked. Her face has more wriukloa than yours, and yet If you wore sink that face would appear more beautiful than an angels as lt hovered to minister to your com fort, and every one of those wrinkles would seem to bc bright wavelet? of sunshine cbssing each other over the dear old face. "She will leave you one of these days. These burdens, If not lifted from her shoulders, will break her down. Thoso rough, hard hands, that have done so many necessary things for you, will bc crossed upon her lifeless breast. Tiieso neglected Hps, that gave you your first baby kiss, will be forever closed, and thoBo sad, tired eyes will have opened in eternity,.and then you will appreciate your mother: but lt will he too late!" Ilmtal Mu? dee Mystery. London has another murder mys tery. In the present case tho victim ls a young woman, Mary Money, whoso body was horribly mutilated. A lons veli was tightly wedged in her moutii aud the police arc confident the woman was murdered in a com partment of a train on which she was traveling and her body thrown from the oar. The fact that none of the doors of the train en arrival at Ked Hill, were cpon ls considered to prove conclusively, that it was not a case of suicida, Miss Money left home Sun day evening Raying she we uld not be gone lom?. Thc affair thereafter ls a complete mystery. No ticket wa found on the body and no one has been able to explain under what circum stances the y oung woman entered the train or where she was going. If abo was murdered, as is supposed to he the case, the murderer disappeared without leaving any trace. Thc cars furnish no clue to the crime which could not have occured anywhere bui, In a railroad oar divided into Isolated compartments such as ls ired on Brit ish railways. To HntlBly HIB Wife. "John," exclaimed tho nervous wo man according to au exchange, "there's a burglar In tho house. I'm sure ol it." John rubbed his eyes and protested mildly that lt was immagination. "No it isn't. I heard a mau down stairs." So John took a b< x of ma'ches and went down. To his surprise I ls wife's suspicions wore correct. Sr ting that he was unarmed, the burglar c -verse, lum with a rovolver and bo. ame quite sociable. "Isn't lt rather late to be out of bed?" he romarked. "A-er-a-little bit," replied John. "You're too late, anyhow, became I've dropped t very thing out of the window, and my pals havo carried them off " "O, that's all right. I'd Uko to ask one favor of you, though." "What is ll?? "Stay here until my wife can come down at.d see ycu. Sh has been look ing for you every night for the last twelve years, and I don't want her to be disappointed any longer." KovoltlnK Jruolttcg? A dispatch from P?ris says the re port of the late Oount de Brazzi upon his investigation of charge* against officials of the Kreuch O im go, is said by the Matin to contain grave charges against the governor, Bailie Oontll. The crueltios alleged against him are hanging up women by their feet till tboy died and ordering negroes clubed to deat h, lt ls stated that he ls re - sponsible for tho sacrifice of an onor mous number of natives. Count de Brazz* was ordered last Fobrutry by the French government to proceod to the Congo district and investigate charges of irregularities and brutality against the officials. lie performed his mission, but arrived at Dakar; Sonegamdia, September 13, in a criti cal condition cf health, and died Sep tember 16, tbus ending a glorious and useful series of African explora tions. _ Died IMfiytiiK Card H. "i've won thc game, boys," said Robert Millious, an old railroad man, Tuesday night to three friends with whom he was playing pinochle at Bridgeport, Conn. He bad Just melded four aces, when he fell on the table, uttered a ninan, throw back his head and died. Tue game had been close, and Millions' score stood 960, needing only 10 points to win. When he played tho four aces thc excitement of winning thc contest proved too much for his heart, lt ls a strange fact that ho had often playfully remarked that ho would Uko to die In Just this manner, for he was an lnvcrate pino chle player, Ho was playing cards In tlie back room ol an undertaking establishment when be died. Blown to t'loooH. At Cincinnati, Ohio, William Bell, a guard at city workhouse, was b'.o vn to pieces hy the explosion of a box of dynamite, willoh ho tried to open with a hatohot. Boll was in charge of a gang of prisoners in tho ?tonn quarry. Whon dynamite for blasting was re quired Boll took a hatchet and struck a blow with it before the. prisoners could w\m him. When piokod up tho man's eyes were blown out, his loft arm waa blown off and tho loft sido of his faoo was torn away. Flesh was hanging from th'j limbs t f a tree und or which ho had been si ttl ncr. Still tho unfortunate mau was alive. A hurry run of the patrol wagon failed to get him to tho city hospital before death oamo. y Free Medical Advice from an Ex pert Specialist. Dr. Hathaway Offers to Counsol and Advise Evory Person Freo o? Charge On any Disease. Twonty /ivo Years of Uoinarkable Success in H ia Record WRITE HIM AND SAVE YOUR DOCTOR'S BILL. ,'No oxtra on?TKO for medicino?." "No misleading statement or dooep tire propositions al? lowed In ?ny advise? ments." DR? J, NHWTON HATHAWAY, Whoso KnowlodKO lu froo to tho Hick. If you aro fooling ill, and do not Know just what ia tho mnttor with yon, do not. ninko tlio niisUiko of calling on your local doctor for ooneultntion but just simply writo to Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 8S Inman Bldg, Atlanta, Gu., just how you bu flor, and he will comi so I und udviso you for nothing, whilo your homo doctor will charge you anywhere from ?1 to ?10 and tho bunio BOrvicO, and again, Dr. Hathaway's advice is worth ton times moro to you, for bis wide experience in tho treatment of t lioso discuses (25 years), enables him to at OUCO understand tho exact nature of youf* trouble. Ho will ?Ino send you a Solf-Exninl nati 'ii Hhuik and a valuable book on your disenso, of which ho is tho author, froo of charge. Dr. Hathaway's specialty ls diseases of a chronic <>r lingering nature, and t hose ho has successfully treated for over twenty-live oars. 'I'ho success he has met with is some thing remarkable. Ile luis reached tho hood of his profession and his t'.tio of "tho recog nized authority on Chronic Diseases" justly belongs to him. Not. only has he cured thous and of sufferers who cull athis ollico for treat ment, but nearly ovory Stato in tho Union is represented on Iiis list of cured patients whom ho was able to euro by his method of homo treatment. Ho bau had sp?cial success in cur ing cases of long standing and of a complicat ed naturi-, after several doctors had given them lip as incurable, but whether your caso is of long Blandina or not, you should at once seek tho advice of this groat specialist, lt will bo of great bonoflt to you, oven if you do not tnko treatment. Ho has n positive and permanent euro for diseases of mon nlid women such ts LOST MANHOOD. STRICTURE, VARIOO'ELE, N E R V O U S D E HI l, (TY. ENLARGED PROP TATE. RHEUMATISM, SPEOIPU I1LOOD POISON, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROU BLE, HEART DISEASE, STOMACH AND ROWELL TROUHI B, D I AU ET ES, HEIGHT'S DISEASE, URINARY TROU HI,IC, ENLARGED PROSTATE, FEMALE TROUHI.E, WOMB TROUBLE, OVARIAN TROU HI. 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And anything oise in machinery supplies COLUMBI V SUPPLY CO., Columbia, S. C. KILLED WITH CL?JB. Two Boya Fight for Their Iilvo? With ll UKO Eagl*. Courageous and ferocious to the last gasp, an American eagle Tues day fought two hoys and a deg, his talons tearing the clothing of the boya nnd ripping the flesh of the dog. The reeneof the cr.couter was neai Valla burg, N. J. Felix and Edwin Bitters, aged twelve and thirteen years, were1 on their way home from a ball game whon tho hugo bird swooped down on them from tho sky, his beak open, his talons set and neck feathers ruf fled for attack. So swift was the eagle's decent that the boys did not see lt until their dog, yolplng with fear, aorambled out of the clutches of the cruel claws. The animal's Hash was torn, but he go', away. Angered at his failure, the bird rose a few yards In the air and again swooped-this time at the bo;s. Time and time again they struck the great bird with their baseball bats, each timo knocking lt ba.ck, but never heavily enough to main or kill it, and with every repulse the creature re turned to the assault with redoubled determination. For ten minutes the battle raged. Then, by a lucky stroke ono of the lads felled the oagle to the ground. Even then it still fought them, but the clog seeing his recent enemy laid low, regained his courage and attacked lt, getting for his pains several more gashes from the ugly talons. Initially, the eagle being al most exhaustod, one of tho boys lilt it a blow that killed it and they car ried lt home, where lt was measured and showed slxty-Blx Inches from tip to tip of Its wings. Will TA ko Any Kind. Thc Rev. Dr. William Leaoh, of the Chioago Fulton Street Molhodlst Episcopal ohurch, in his sermon Sun day made a spirited defense of the use of tainted money for religious pur poses. Calling down thc blessings of heaven on rioh men who distribute "soiled wealth," ho expressed his ri. - grot at not being possessed of money gathering talent, aud declared that it takes a wiso man to acqulro wealth. "The cry of 'tainted money' is almost criminal," he deolarcd. ' I will me no devilish means to make money for God, but 1 will tako all the money 1 cnn get from the devil and pub lt into Gcdiy work. It is no longor tainted when touched by heavenly hands, would like to turn tho dovll's birran* into Christian bulwark." Mettlorfl Murtlorod. _A onn/jnjionlyjj r>f JudiV.dual ?T?\J??C? of settlers in Gorman East Afrloa are reported, and in many quarters tho prospect of a long and costly campaign are being rookoned. Tho character of tho situation is indicated by tho announoomont that the resignation or MnJ. Gen. Lcutwaln of his appoint ment as governor of the colony lins been nnoeptod And that the governor designate, Herr von Lindcqulst, lato German consul general at Capo Town, will assume ollloe during the month of Ootober. fe - - ORGANS - - of thc best puality $15 up Upright Pianos From $225 up. Write Us for catalogues and terms. Malone's Music House, 1432 Main. Street Almost opposito Masonic Temple. COLUMBIA, S. C. i<'amiiy Muniud to Dentil. Farly Friday morning the charred remains of Lula Wise, a colored wo man, and her four children were found in the smoking ruins of her home near Jacksonville, Fla., which was burned Friday morning before day. The skulls of the woman and all lier children were crushed in, indicating that they had been murdered and tho houso had been burned to conceal thcorlm j. The woman had not lived with her husband for two years. T NO years ago it is stated that ho boat her and threaten? cd to kill her. She had him arrested and he was sentenosd to Jail for a short term. After the expiration of his sentence ho disappeared and lt 30 uki not be ascertained that anyone had hoard from him. The woman sup posed he was dead. A lUfz Hitit. At Chicago suit was begun in the suparlor court last week for 1250,000 damages against the Curtis Publish ing company, publishers of tho Lad les Home Jv.umal, Samuel M. Hart man of Columbus, Ohio, Proprietor of the P?rima Medicine company, ls tho plaintiff in tho suit. In tho August I Issue of Tue Journal, tho declaration [says that an advertisement of the Paruna nomnnnv contained a testi monial from Congressman Geo. H. i White of North Carolina. In tho i next issue of tho magazine, tho decla ration alleges that tho testimonial was reprinted, but with it was a sign ed donial from Congressman Whlto that he had given the testimonial to the medicine company. Thia denial Hartman alleges, was secured through a misunderstanding, as Congressman White, it is said In the declaration, signed the original testimonial. Burnett to Death. At Fort Dodge, Iowa, live ohildren, were cremated In a Uro caused by ina explosion of gasoline whloh destroyed! tlie Adamson homo Wednesday morn ing, while tho Inmates woro aslesp. Tho oldost ohlld was ten and tho youngest three. Tho fathor had gono to work and tho mother was visiting; a neighbor. Neighbors discovered the tire hut could do nothing. It waa with great difficult that Um mother was restrained from throwing herself Into the Hames. Edward Adamson, tho father, ls a railway switchman) and was performing his duties,